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fuse questions on WW1 6" Newton mortar


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illinigander

Does anyone know the correct fuse for the 6" Newton US mortar? Has anyone seen one? Are the shipping plugs and fuse adaptors round or hexaganal on their circumfence? I have such a mortar and several projectiles which have a 2 1/2"-8 SAE threaded hole where the above fit. I would like to improve my display. Thanks

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Here's a 6" Newton round in case anyone is wondering what one looks like. Mine's missing the fuse.

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Thank you Salvage Sailor & Robinb for the response. My Newton is the American version which we improved with a better suspension system (turn-buckles and clevis arrangement). I can tell you one wrong turn on a turn-buckle and you have a 160 pound tube in your lap. The Americans had about 50 of them in France by Nov. 1918. They were to be used to destroy barbed wire. I have seen photos of doughboys serving a Brit. Newton, but have never found an account about a US piece. The pictured round has the remains of the correct black & yellow paint scheme. The fuse drawings say it used a pattern XVII fuse, but what are the dimensions and did we use a British pattern fuse? SAE or Whitworth?

Thanks, Illinigander

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